Herr Dr. Bastian Mönkediek

EDUCATION

• 01.10.2011 – 01.06.2016: Degree of Doctor, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University (the Netherlands),
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Bras (Wageningen), Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. J. Kok (Nijmegen)

• 01.10.2006 – 31.03.2009: M.A. (Sociology and Empirical Social Research), Institute of Sociology, University of Bremen (Germany),
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. J. Huinink, Dr. K. Lutz (Maul)

• 01.10.2003 – 30.09.2006: B.A. (Social Sciences), Department of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück (Germany),
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. R. Niketta

Post graduate training

• 25.06.2017 - 30.06.2017: NCRM Summer School, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (England)

• 15.07.2014: Advanced Training Diploma, N.W. Posthumus Institute, Leiden (the Netherlands)

• 19.04.2013: Basic Training Diploma, N.W. Posthumus Institute, Leiden (the Netherlands)

• 25.07.2011 – 05.08.2011: Essex Summer School, University of Essex (England)
  • Mathematics for Social Scientists
  • Social Network Analysis - Theory and Applications

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Since 01.09.2016: Research Fellow, Project: 'TwinLife', Bielefeld University, Faculty of Sociology (Germany),
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Diewald

• 01.10.2011 – 29.02.2016: Research Assistant, Project: ‘The Power of the Family',
  • (01.01.2014 – 29.02.2016) Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University (the Netherlands)
  • (01.10.2011 – 31.12.2013) Department of History, Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Bras

• 01.04.2010 – 30.09.2011: Research Assistant, Project: ‘Historical developments of social reproduction in Germany’, Institute of Sociology, University of Tübingen (Germany)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Hillmert

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 01.10.2015 - 31.08.2016: Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences,University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

• 01.10.2009 – 31.03.2010: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück (Germany)

• 01.10.2008 – 30.09.2009: Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück (Germany)

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

• May 2019: DGS-Frühjahrstagung der Sektion „Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse“, Berlin (Germany), "Entgegen aller Erwartungen: Können elterliche Ressourcen fehlende Fähigkeiten kompensieren? Oder gleichen Fähigkeiten und Anstrengungen geringe elterliche Ressourcen aus?", with M. Diewald
• May 2019: 6th pairfam International User Conference, Cologne (Germany), "Is there something special about twin families? A compar-ison of parenting styles in twin and non-twin families", with W. Schulz, H. Eichhorn and M. Diewald
• July 2018: XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto (Canada), "Do Parents Treat Children Differently? How Social Stratification and Genes Influence Parental Reactions to Twin’s Birth Weight", with V. Lang and M. Diewald
• October 2017: SLLS Conference 2017, Stirling (UK),
  • "The stratification of intergenerational skill transmission: A comparison between the cognitive and the non-cognitive domain", with V. Lang and M. Diewald
  • "Opportunities and constraints of substitution between dif-ferent kinds of resources: The case of expected and unexpected educational careers", with M. Diewald, J. Heckhausen, and W. Schulz
• March/April 2017: ISA RC28 Spring Meeting, Cologne (Germany), "The stratification of intergenerational skill transmission: A comparison between the cognitive and the non-cognitive domain", with V. Lang and M. Diewald
• October 2015: The Power of the Family, Ede (the Netherlands), "Family systems and the timing and spacing of children"
• Mai 2015: ISA RC28 Spring Meeting, Tilburg (the Netherlands), "The intergenerational transmission of social inequalities in Sweden – a long term perspective, 1820-1910", with H. Moerbeek, J. Mandemakers and P. Rotering
• Februar 2015: Spring Meeting Section on the Sociology of the Family of the German Sociological Association (GSA), Bielefeld (Germany), "Regional variation in intergenerational continuities in childbearing"
• December 2014: Seventh Day of Historical Demography: Family and life chances in Wageningen (the Netherlands), "Between economic opportunities and family pressures. Migration decisions of farmers’ children, The Netherlands 1850-1940", with Jan Kok and Kees Mandemakers
• June 2014: Posthumus Conference 2014 (NWPC), Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden (the Netherlands), "Regional variation in the intergenerational transmission of fertility"
• November 2013: 38th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Chicago, IL (USA), "About apples and trees: studying parent-offspring fertility similarities in different family regimes"
• October 2013: FRESH Meeting, University of Essex (England), "Flight from the land? Migration flows of the rural population of The Netherlands, 1850-1940", with Jan Kok and Kees Mandemakers
• November 2012: 37th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Vancouver (Canada), "Family networks and fertility in Europe: an analysis of cohorts born between 1920 and 1960", with Hilde Bras
• September 2012: International Pairfam Conference: ‘Fertility over the Life Course’, Bremen (Germany), Poster: "Family networks and fertility in Europe: an analysis of cohorts born between 1920 and 1960", with Hilde Bras
• August 2011: ISA RC28 Summer Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa (USA), "The Social Composition of Educational Groups: Long-Term Trends and the Role of Demographic Factors", with Maarten Buis and Steffen Hillmert
• October 2010: ECSR Conference, Bamberg (Germany), "Consequences of educational expansion in Germany on educational attainment in the next generation", with Maarten Buis and Steffen Hillmert

PUBLICATIONS
Articles

• Mönkediek, B. (2020). Trait-specific testing of the equal environment assumption: The case of school grades and upper secondary school attendance. Journal of Family Research. https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-381
• Mönkediek, B., Schulz, W., Eichhorn, H., & Diewald, M. (2020). Is there something special about twin families? A comparison of parenting styles in twin and non-twin families. Social Science Research, 102441.
• Mönkediek, B. (2020). Patterns of spatial proximity and the timing and spacing of bearing children. Demographic Research, 42(16), 461-496.
• Mönkediek, B. and Bras, H. (2017). Family systems and fertility intentions: exploring the pathways of influence. European Journal of Population. doi:10.1007/s10680-017-9418-4.
• Mönkediek, B. and Bras, H. (2016). The Interplay of Family Systems, Social Net-works and Fertility in Europe Cohorts Born Between 1920 and 1960. Economic History of Developing Regions, 31(1), 136-166.
• Mönkediek, B., Rotering, P. and Bras, H. (2015). Regional differences in the inter-generational transmission of family size in Europe. Population, Space and Place. Online First, DOI: 10.1002/psp.2003.
• Mönkediek, B., Kok, J. & Mandemakers, K. (2015). The Impact of Family Setting and Local Opportunities on Leaving Home and Migration Destinations of Rural Youths, The Netherlands 1860-1940. Historical Life Course Studies, Online First.
• Kok, J., Mandemakers, K. and Mönkediek, B. (2014). Flight from the land? Migration flows of the rural population of The Netherlands, 1850-1940. Espace Populations Sociétés, 2014/1.
• Mönkediek, B. and Bras, H. (2014). Strong and weak family ties revisited: recon-sidering European family structures from a network perspective. The History of the Family, 19(2), 235-259.
• Buis, M. L., Mönkediek, B. and Hillmert, S. (2012). Educational expansion and the role of demographic factors: The case of West Germany. Population Review, 51(2).

Chapters in books

• Mandemakers, K., Mönkediek, B. and Kok, J. (2016). De rol van gezin en bedrijf bij de migratie van Nederlandse boerenkinderen tussen 1850 en 1940. In: Puschmann, P., Paping, R. and Matthijs, K. (eds.). Familie en levenskansen in het verleden. Leven: ACCO: 25-56.
• Mangnus, E., Mönkediek, B., Dekker, M. (2015). Trading cereals in rural Mali: The role of social relations in N'golobougou. In: Mangnus, E. (ed.). Organising Trade. PhD Thesis. Wageningen: Wageningen University: 89-114.

Monographs

• Mönkediek, B. (2016). Family Systems and Fertility: Fertility Behaviour in Europe from a Network Perspective. PhD thesis. Wageningen: Wageningen University.
• Mönkediek, B. (2011). Unsicherheit Familiengründung: Eine empirische Analyse zur Bedeutung von finanziellen Ressourcen für den Kinderwunsch und die Timinginten-tion der ersten Elternschaft. 2. edition. Osnabrück: Verlag Dirk Koentopp.
• Mönkediek, B. (2009). Wenn die Entscheidung fürs Kind zum Problem wird: Eine-empirische Analyse zur Abhängigkeit der Timingintention der ersten Elternschaft von Elementen biographischer Sicherheit. Master thesis. Osnabrück: Verlag Dirk Koentopp.

Other papers

• Mönkediek, B., Lang, V., Weigel, L., Baum, M. A., Eifler, E. F., Hahn, E., ... & Nikstat, A. (2019). The German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22(6), 540-547.
• Lang, V., Weigel, L., Mönkediek, B., Baum, M. A., Eichhorn, H., Eifler, E. F., ... & Krell, K. (2019). An Introduction to the German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife). Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 1(ahead-of-print).
• Hillmert, S., Buis, M. and Mönkediek, B. (2012). Description of the REPRO File. Tübingen: University of Tübingen.
• Mönkediek, B. (2010). Projektbericht Netzwerk und Elternschaft. Osnabrück: Universität Osnabrück. urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-201004296238
• Mönkediek, B./Schwerthelm, L. (2006). SoWis unter sich. Gruppenstrukturen bei Studierenden des Fachbereichs Sozialwissenschaften. Osnabrück: Universität Osn-abrück. urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-201001304550